12 Verses to Memorize to Reduce Your Anxiety
Ever struggled to change your thoughts? It can be tough to change unhealthy thought patterns if you’re just trying to remove unhealthy, unholy thoughts. A better strategy is to replace them with better, God-centered thoughts. And the best source of good replacement...
What Is Worship, Really?
Ever felt disconnected, disassociated, dysfunctional, disjoined, disapproved, distant, disappointed…just straight up dissed? God doesn’t disconnect from people, so we know the problem isn’t God. In fact, he designed a model for us to be a part of...
A Biblical Counselor’s Favorite Question
Research has determined that our thoughts are a driving force behind how we feel. As an authority on the subject, author and psychiatrist Dr. David Burns writes: “Your feelings result from the messages you give yourself. In fact, your thoughts often have much more to...
5 Ways to Find Hope in Your Marriage
Marriage is hard. Even the happiest married couples know the road can get bumpy. You may even experience times when you fear your relationship may not make it, and one or both of you may begin to lose hope. You’re not alone. Other couples have faced what you’re facing...
Why We Lie
WHY WE LIE It’s safe to say we’re not always honest—sometimes we lie. Let’s at least be honest about that. And on top of that, we usually excuse these lies by maintaining that we don’t lie about the big things, just those little white lies. Whether it’s about that...
10 Practical Ways to Value Others
10 PRACTICAL WAYS TO VALUE OTHERS God wants us to be people who live in constant respect of the value of other human beings. However, its easy to forget this truth when sitting in traffic, attending to an unruly child, or getting thrown under the bus at work. Instead...
Is the Old Testament Still Important?
IS THE OLD TESTAMENT STILL IMPORTANT? It makes up over half of your Bible, but what does the Old Testament really have to do with you now? It’s unlikely you’ve done a devotional from the book of Numbers lately. Even if you’ve read through the whole Bible, you can...
Being Bible Driven // Part 3
BEING BIBLE DRIVEN // PART 3 Being Bible Driven // Part 3 One of our core values at Mission Hills is being Bible-driven, and we’re going to spend some time in these sessions digging into what exactly that means. In the weekly Mission Hills staff chapel, Craig Smith...
